Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick, Tippsie, crash onto a strange island filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet. (Photo: Business Wire)

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop on Wii U

Mario
Kart 8 – Feel the rush as your kart rockets across the
ceiling. Race upside-down and along walls on anti-gravity tracks
in the most action-fueled Mario Kart game yet. Take on
racers across the globe and share videos of your greatest moments
via Mario Kart TV (broadband Internet access required for online
features). Mario Kart 8 will be available on May 30. Click here
to check out a trailer for the game.

Ittle
Dew – Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick, Tippsie,
crash onto a strange island filled with loot and mysterious
inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become
their biggest adventure yet. Experience devious puzzles, timeless
game play and lots of exploration in this puzzling adventure game.
Click here
to check out a trailer for Ittle Dew.

Virtual Console on Wii U

KLONOA:
Empire of Dreams – Emperor Jillius has banned
dreaming, and finds Klonoa guilty of breaking the law. To win back
his freedom, Klonoa and his friend, Huepow, must journey across
the empire to defeat four nightmarish monsters. Platform your way
through 40 stages filled with puzzles, useful items and bad guys
in a fight to restore dreams.

Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS

Mega
Man™Xtreme 2 – It’s Mega
May! Every Thursday in May, a different Mega Man game
will launch in the Virtual Console section of the Nintendo eShop
on Nintendo 3DS. The final Mega May release is Mega Man Xtreme 2,
which originally launched on the Game Boy Color system in 2001.
Join Mega Man X and Zero as they solve a mysterious case involving
Reploids being turned into empty shells. As the investigation
leads deeper into a research facility, the two partners will
discover that all souls are up for grabs. Click here
to check out a trailer for the game.

New Nintendo eShop Cards

$10 Nintendo eShop Cards including Photos with Mario –
There’s a new way to have fun with your favorite Mushroom Kingdom
characters. A special-edition series of $10 Nintendo eShop Cards
lets you use your Nintendo 3DS system to play and pose with Mario,
Princess Peach or a Goomba using character cards and the Photos
with Mario application, at no additional cost. Not only do you get
$10 to spend on downloadable games in the Nintendo eShop on both
Nintendo 3DS or Wii U, but you also get a cool way to create fun
photos on your Nintendo 3DS system. Choose your favorite character
(or collect all three!) exclusively at Target retail stores. For
details, visit http://www.nintendo.com/photoswithmario.

Get up to 33 percent off Pushmo and Crashmo–
See where it all started before the Pushmo
World game comes out for the Wii U console. From May 28 at
9 a.m. PT to June 13 at 8:59 a.m. PT, the Nintendo eShop on
Nintendo 3DS is offering the first two games, Pushmo
and Crashmo,
at up to 33 percent off their regular prices. For details, visit http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers.

LEGO®The Hobbit™– LEGO The
Hobbit is being reduced to $39.99 from $49.99 starting June 2 in
the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also
offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their
systems. Nintendo adds new games weekly to the Nintendo eShop on the Wii
U system, as well as the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS and Nintendo 3DS XL
systems, the Nintendo DSi™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system
and the Wii™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.

The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features a wide variety
of content, including new and classic games, applications and demos.
Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or
purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code
from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in the Nintendo
eShop on either Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, but can be
used in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single
Nintendo Network account.

The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points™,
which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop
offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points™,
which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Wii Points Card™
and Nintendo DSi Points Card™ can be purchased at retail
locations. All points from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii
Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, respectively. They are not
transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

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